#DDE16B#DDE16B

#DDE16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.141 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE16B
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 52.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -17.07, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 58.96, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.32% -0.05 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(88.32% 0.141 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3992, 70.2854, 24.3445)
Luminance	0.7028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE16B #6F6BE1

analogous

#E1AA6B #DDE16B #A2E16B

triadic

#DDE16B #6BDDE1 #E16BDD

tetradic

#DDE16B #6BE1AA #6F6BE1 #E16BA2

square

#DDE16B #6BE1AA #6F6BE1 #E16BA2

split-complementary

#DDE16B #6BA2E1 #AA6BE1

monochromatic

#AAAE23 #D1D738 #DDE16B #E9EB9E #F4F6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#DDE16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE16B

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE16B	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.141 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea99',
    500: '#dde16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde16b;
$custom-light: #eaea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.034,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88319,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE16B

secondary

#4440B0

accent

#17CE1E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE16B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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